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- RotatePrinter FKEY
-
- © Copyright 1989 Pete Gontier and Bloated Toad Software
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- 187 S. Patterson #E
- Santa Barbara CA 93111
-
- This software is distributed under the PostWare concept: if you like
- this and use it, you are NOT obligated in any way whatsoever to send
- me a postcard about it, but it would be nice.
-
- *****
-
- This a cute little FKEY that will rotate through your printer drivers
- for you. Each time you hit it, it will activate the next printer
- driver in its list. When it does so, it prints which driver has been
- activated in the left of the menu bar.
-
- I debated considerably over whether to put the notice in the left or
- right menu bar. I knew that if I put it in the left, the menu bar
- would shift disconcertingly for a moment. I knew that if I put it in
- the right, small screen Macs would probably not see it if they were
- running Microsoft Word and had a DA or two open. I chose to sacrifice
- aesthetics instead of functionality.
-
- Please note that this FKEY has no way of knowing what the individual
- setings in a printer driver are. By this I do not mean the settings
- in the 'Page Setup' dialog, I mean the settings you get through the
- Chooser. Things like which port the ImageWriter is connected to,
- which LaserWriter on the network the LaserWriter driver talks to,
- etc. You'll have to stick with the Chooser for this stuff -- sorry!
- However, note also that the settings you select will stay in effect --
- if you switch from the ImageWriter to the LaserWriter and back
- again, the LaserWriter you last printed to will still be selected.
-
- You can install this FKEY as any ID (key) with ResEdit or any one of
- a number of FKEY movers and managers. Remember that if you have
- QuicKeys, you can assign the FKEY a high ID (key) and then assign any
- key you please to the FKEY using QuicKeys. This allows you to have as
- many FKEYs as you have combinations on your keyboard.